Phantasm Box (R2) in Sept 2005!?
10-31-05, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Dogville
Mine arrived today, the packaging is pretty cool but it is rolling around everywhere!! Havent viewed the discs yet but all looks good!!
11-01-05, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by scott1598
what do you mean about rolling around? was anything damaged?
11-01-05, 12:50 PM
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I got my shipment confirmation from Amazon yesterday. I decided not to cancel my cd-wow order as they say it shipped today. I'll just keep the least damaged one and sell the other on ebay.
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11-02-05, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by scott1598
do the blades jut out if pushed or are they permanently out?
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11-02-05, 12:54 PM
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I just recieved mine through Amazon and the outer box was damaged and had one side almost off but the main package survived.
I tried out a couple of the disk and just browsed some scenes. I will say the transfer is first class, very smooth and not grainy like some older transfers. Colors are very good and surround sound is also very good on later disk.
I have a small problem and I am not sure if this is something that happens with the Pal conversion or not but the picture jitters a bit like all scenes are done with a nervous hand held camera, even title scene did this slight jitter. It is not a problem with moving scenes but still scenes should be solid not jittery. I am using pc dvd player with region changed to region 2.
Again, I am very pleased with the quality of the picture, color and sound. Much better than the first time I saw this movie on vhs on a 19" tv. Looks fantastic on a widescreen hdtv now.
I tried out a couple of the disk and just browsed some scenes. I will say the transfer is first class, very smooth and not grainy like some older transfers. Colors are very good and surround sound is also very good on later disk.
I have a small problem and I am not sure if this is something that happens with the Pal conversion or not but the picture jitters a bit like all scenes are done with a nervous hand held camera, even title scene did this slight jitter. It is not a problem with moving scenes but still scenes should be solid not jittery. I am using pc dvd player with region changed to region 2.
Again, I am very pleased with the quality of the picture, color and sound. Much better than the first time I saw this movie on vhs on a 19" tv. Looks fantastic on a widescreen hdtv now.
11-03-05, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by ShagMan
nice... if this turns out as well as the Hellraiswer UK/R2 puzzlebox set, I'm ON IT!
11-03-05, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Anderson
Got it, baby! IT is SOOOOOOOOO damn cool. Amazon UK packed my two spheres extremely well.
how long did it take from ship notice to arrive and via what method? thanks.
11-04-05, 01:00 PM
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Got mine, pre-order via amazon.co.uk, standard mail...
It looks GREAT! The box was slightly squished, however anchor bay UK's packaging was very very good, so there was no damage. I like the little things like the stand, and the resealagle baggies for the prongs.
Yay!
It looks GREAT! The box was slightly squished, however anchor bay UK's packaging was very very good, so there was no damage. I like the little things like the stand, and the resealagle baggies for the prongs.
Yay!
11-05-05, 09:41 AM
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I put in my pre-order before they even had graphics up, maybe the day of or after they were first put on Amazon, got my delivery 2 days ago via DHL. Nice sets. I ordered both the sphere and the regular box set. They were so cheap, how could I not?!?! The sphere is for display, the box set for regular play.
The funny thing is, I opened the box set and found that I had 2 Bonus discs, and no Phantasm IV! I sent some emails out to AB UK and Amazon UK. Amazon has offered to send me (and it's actually shipped) another set, with no return of the current one necessary via DHL again, and AB UK sent me an email telling me to send in my extra bonus disc and they'll swap it for a copy if IV. Good, fast CS all around.
The funny thing is, I opened the box set and found that I had 2 Bonus discs, and no Phantasm IV! I sent some emails out to AB UK and Amazon UK. Amazon has offered to send me (and it's actually shipped) another set, with no return of the current one necessary via DHL again, and AB UK sent me an email telling me to send in my extra bonus disc and they'll swap it for a copy if IV. Good, fast CS all around.
11-05-05, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by renaldow
I put in my pre-order before they even had graphics up, maybe the day of or after they were first put on Amazon, got my delivery 2 days ago via DHL. Nice sets. I ordered both the sphere and the regular box set. They were so cheap, how could I not?!?! The sphere is for display, the box set for regular play.
The funny thing is, I opened the box set and found that I had 2 Bonus discs, and no Phantasm IV! I sent some emails out to AB UK and Amazon UK. Amazon has offered to send me (and it's actually shipped) another set, with no return of the current one necessary via DHL again, and AB UK sent me an email telling me to send in my extra bonus disc and they'll swap it for a copy if IV. Good, fast CS all around.
The funny thing is, I opened the box set and found that I had 2 Bonus discs, and no Phantasm IV! I sent some emails out to AB UK and Amazon UK. Amazon has offered to send me (and it's actually shipped) another set, with no return of the current one necessary via DHL again, and AB UK sent me an email telling me to send in my extra bonus disc and they'll swap it for a copy if IV. Good, fast CS all around.
11-05-05, 02:10 PM
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got my set today (only 5 days after it was shipped out, in mint condition and it looks so freggin' cool!! and all movies in DTS...is that right? the previous releases in R1 weren't DTS, were they?
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